Leading automotive technology company Denso aspires to DENSO is a leading supplier of advanced be a company indispensable to society automotive technology, systems and components for all the world’s major automakers. The company employs Each time we surmount diffculties such as past year’s catastrophes, we are reminded 130,000 and operates in 35 countries and that the DENSO Group is supported by numerous stakeholders, and refect deeply on regions. Global consolidated sales totaled the importance of the words “company sustainability.” US$38.1 billion for fscal year ended March 31, 2013. The various events that unfolded in 2011 were also a catalyst for us to thoroughly discuss what we must do to ensure the DENSO Group remains indispensable to society and for us to re-examine the value of our existence. At present, approximately 1.3 million people worldwide lose their lives in traffc accidents every year. Creating a society with no traffc accidents is the fervent wish of A society with no traffc accidents An advanced automotive society will enable people to enjoy the pleasure of moving everybody involved in the automobile industry. freely through mobility with virtually no traffc accidents and environmental impacts. Since commencing research on airbag sensors in the 1970s, DENSO has commercialized numerous system products that utilize sensing technologies and also proceeding with the development of technologies that monitor a driver’s physical condition and level of driving concentration and that provide any necessary warnings to the driver.

Based on these achievements, we will devote our utmost efforts to promoting the widespread use of our products and developing technologies that contribute to enhancing safety.

Fewer environmental impacts The second key issue for the automobile industry is to reduce environmental impacts. It has been reported that CO2 accounts for approximately 80% of all emissions of greenhouse gases, a principal cause of global warming. DENSO supplies basic products for powertrains for all vehicles that help to improve fuel effciency, cleanse exhaust emissions and reduce noise.

DENSO developed and improved products from the perspective of “energy management” that strives for energy effciency not only for individual components and units but also for the entire vehicle.